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Introduction ...

Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Blue Ridge.

Our newspaper information for Blue Ridge is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blue Ridge. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Blue Ridge. Our list contains 104 papers that were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Blue Ridge.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Blue Ridge.  

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Newspapers Neighboring Blue Ridge ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km] of Blue Ridge.

The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Blue Ridge.

  • Published In Mansfield  ...
    • Mansfield Daily Express (from 1895)
    • Mansfield Express (from 1887)
      • The first year of publication was in 1887, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Mansfield Express
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90068359
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21769075
    • The Mansfield Express
  • Published In Bellflower [McLean County] ...
  • Published In Mahomet [Champaign County] ...
  • Published In Farmer City [De Witt County] ...
  • Published In Fisher [Champaign County] ...
  • Published In De Land  ...
    • The De Land Tribune (from 1904)
    • The Tribune
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1903
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Tribune
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053171
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25489345
  • Published In Arrowsmith [McLean County] ...
  • Published In Gibson City [Ford County] ...
  • Published In Le Roy [McLean County] ...
  • Published In Champaign [Champaign County] ...
    • We know of 46 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Champaign. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Champaign
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Blue Ridge. This extended list includes all the papers from Champaign. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Blue Ridge.

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  • Published In Monticello  ...
  • Published In Ellsworth [McLean County] ...
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    • Published In Rantoul [Champaign County] ...
    • Published In Urbana [Champaign County] ...
    • Published In Colfax [McLean County] ...
    • Published In Cooksville [McLean County] ...
      • The Weekly Advocate (from 189?)
    • Published In Ivesdale [Champaign County] ...
      • The Ivesdale Item (from 1893)
      • The Ivesdale News
        • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Ivesdale News
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053121
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25188782
      • The Ivesdale News (from 1938)
    • Published In Sadorus [Champaign County] ...
    • Published In Sibley [Ford County] ...
    • Published In Tolono [Champaign County] ...
      • County Star (from 1979)
      • South Side Journal (from 1957)
      • The Tolono Herald (from 1875)
      • The Tolono Herald (from 192?)
      • The Tolono Journal (from 1874)
      • Tolono Weekly Herald (from 1876)
    • Published In Bement  ...
    • Published In Gifford [Champaign County] ...
      • The Gifford Weekly Sun (from 1895)
    • Published In Melvin [Ford County] ...
      • Melvin Transcript (from 189?)
      • The Melvin Motor (from 1908)
    • Published In Paxton [Ford County] ...
    • Published In Philo [Champaign County] ...
    • Published In Wapella [De Witt County] ...
      • The Independent (from 1883)
        • The first year of publication was in 1883, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Independent
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054551
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21792912
      • The Wapella Herald
    • Published In Argenta [Macon County] ...
      • Argenta Herald (from 1892)
      • The Argenta Hustler (from 1892)
      • The Argenta Register (from 1917)
    • Published In Heyworth [McLean County] ...
      • Heyworth Natural Gas
      • Heyworth Reporter (from 189?)
        • The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Heyworth Reporter
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054528
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21401521
      • The Heyworth Star (from 1923)
    • Published In Pesotum [Champaign County] ...
      • Pesotum Chief (from 1914)
      • The Pesotum Tribune (from 1909)
      • The Reflector (from 1939)
    • Published In Saint Joseph [Champaign County] ...
    • Published In Loda [Iroquois County] ...
      • Garden State (from 1856)
      • Loda Times (from 1879)
        • The first year of publication was in 1879, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Loda Times
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053120
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25169456
      • The Loda Register (from 1875)
      • The Loda Times
        • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Loda Times
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91055306
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24259025
      • Victory Echo
    • Published In Sidney [Champaign County] ...
      • Sidney By-Way (from 1886)
      • Sidney Signal (from 1879)
        • The first year of publication was in 1879, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Sidney Signal
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN2001063203
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 46454204
      • Sidney Times (from 1905)
    • Published In Roberts [Ford County] ...
      • The Roberts Herald
    • Published In Cerro Gordo  ...
    • Published In Maroa [Macon County] ...
      • Maroa Sentinel (from 1938)
      • The Maroa Times (from 1867)
      • The Maroa Weekly News (from 1872)
      • The News-Times
        • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The News-Times
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082810
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15902629
      • The Prairie Post (from 1958)
    • Published In Ogden [Champaign County] ...
      • The Leader (from 1979)
      • The Ogden Courier
        • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1980
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Ogden Courier
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053131
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25294531
    • Published In Towanda [McLean County] ...
    • Published In Bloomington [McLean County] ...
      • We know of 93 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Bloomington. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Bloomington
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Blue Ridge. This extended list includes all the papers from Bloomington. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Blue Ridge.

        Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
    • Published In Lexington [McLean County] ...
    • Published In Oreana [Macon County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Blue Ridge. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Piatt County: www.piattcounty.org/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blue Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blue Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2678, Longitude: -88.4881       In this case, the coordinates for Blue Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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